I seem to recall that the death of man was considered a gift, as it was a release from the burden of immortality. Also, that some elves could fade away as a counterpart to living endlessly or being killed somehow. (that’s all before returning to the Halls of Mandos, TBC)
And that dwarves were sort of animated mountainous material, and would return thusly.
I’m not much of a scholar, though. Beyond reading the Silmarillion and poring over the LotR appendices quite a few times, the only other stuff I’ve read is… Unfinished Tales and the poem & short story books that treat upon the likes of Farmer Giles and Tom Bombadil.
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I seem to recall that the death of man was considered a gift, as it was a release from the burden of immortality. Also, that some elves could fade away as a counterpart to living endlessly or being killed somehow. (that’s all before returning to the Halls of Mandos, TBC)
And that dwarves were sort of animated mountainous material, and would return thusly.
I’m not much of a scholar, though. Beyond reading the Silmarillion and poring over the LotR appendices quite a few times, the only other stuff I’ve read is… Unfinished Tales and the poem & short story books that treat upon the likes of Farmer Giles and Tom Bombadil.